Shelby supposedly sold all of his spare parts to the Kirkham boys some
years back. They had quite a collection at one time.
Shelby has bought at least 125 rollers from Kirkham's. Their serial numbers
surpass the total Shelby production by about two hundred. They CNC all their
suspension pieces on site. I watched a machine mill knock off's one day
while Rick Byrnes was talking gaskets to the brothers. I can't wait to see
their big 5 axis mill in operation making aluminum engine blocks. Oh yes,
you can get a replacement on a fender from them and it will fit. Try that on
an "original" AC body.
Wes
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From: RACE427@aol.com
> Whatever you buy today as far as cars, even motorcycles, they are light years
> ahead of what we used to own. I cannot see how anyone can justify spending
> 40-100K for a fiberglass kit car which are not safe and built like garbage.
> To me it just looks like alot of Bling !!
>
> I met Caroll Shelby once and he even remarked as what garbage the
> fiberglass replicas of his famed Cobra were. At that time he stated that
>he
> had
> enough parts in stock to be able to build about 100 or so new all steel
>Cobras.
>
> The guy I work with, who claims he spent 40K on a Gibbons 37 Ford without
> correct VIN identification has a Mustang II front end, need I say more?
> what junk that front end was back in the mid-late 70's !!
>
> If I had 40 -50K to spend on a performance car it would be a new
> Corvette, best bang for the buck. The car has plenty of power, stops and
>turns
> better than anything else for that price.
>
> Back in 1968 a friend of mine owned a 38 Ford Coupe stuffed with a 371
> Olds, Corvette 4 spd and an Olds rear and the car was really nice. He wanted
>$
> 1700.00 for it. I was 15, that amount of money was impossible for me to
> earn. I can only imagine what that all steel car would go for today.
>Surely,
> fiberglass repro junk cannot be worth what they are asking. But, yuppies
>will
> pay the price for anything !!! LOL
>
> Just thinking out loud !!! LOL
>
> Tony G LI,NY
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